Travelex owner Finablr in danger of collapse as shares suspended March 16, 2020 Payments company Finablr has warned it is in danger of collapsing as trading in its shares was frozen by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In a dramatic update to the stock exchange this morning, the Travelex owner said it had found around $100m (£81m) of undisclosed financing, which meant it no longer had any certainty [...]
NMC Health finds evidence of fraud as shares in sister firm Finablr collapse March 12, 2020 Beleaguered hospital operator NMC Health said an investigation into its finances had uncovered evidence indicating suspected fraud in some of its previous financial activities. NMC Health launched an external review into allegations over its finances after coming under attack from US short-seller Muddy Waters in December. Read more: NMC Health identifies $2.7bn in additional debt [...]
Financial watchdog to investigate scandal-ridden NMC Health February 27, 2020 NMC Health is facing battles on two fronts after the City watchdog stepped up its probe into the embattled hospital operator and a major shareholder criticised its handling of an investigation into its finances. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will investigate NMC, the FTSE 100 company said, just hours after trading in its shares was [...]
Shares in crisis-hit NMC Health suspended February 27, 2020 Trading in NMC Health shares has been suspended this morning after the embattled hospital operator fired its chief executive and revealed $335m (£259m) of secret guarantees benefitting companies owned by two of its major shareholders. In addition to sacking boss Prasanth Manghat, leaving it with no executive board members, the company has also granted its [...]
Ailing NMC Health shares have further to fall, says analyst February 24, 2020 An analyst who was one of the first to predict a slump in NMC Health’s share price has slashed the embattled hospital operator’s target price, saying the stock could fall a lot further. Jefferies’ James Vane-Tempest cut his target price for the NMC Health from 1,300p to 500p, 42 per cent below Friday’s closing price. [...]
NMC Health founder BR Shetty resigns as crisis deepens February 17, 2020 The founder of NMC Health has resigned as its non-executive chairman after stepping back from board discussions when questions were raised over his holdings in the embattled healthcare provider. Indian billionaire BR Shetty, a joint controlling shareholder in NMC Health, resigned from its board with immediate effect yesterday, the company announced this morning. Chief investment [...]
NMC Health shares tumble on double downgrade from Societe Generale February 13, 2020 Shares in NMC Health fell as much as 11 per cent on Thursday after the embattled hospital operator was hit with a double rating downgrade from Societe Generale. Analysts at the French bank slashed NMC’s price target by 85 per cent, saying that confidence in the company, the biggest healthcare operator in the United Arab [...]
KKR denies approaching embattled NMC Health on possible offer February 11, 2020 KKR has ruled out a possible takeover of NMC Health, one day after the embattled FTSE 100 hospital operator said it had been approached by the US investment firm. NMC Health said yesterday that it had received approaches regarding potential takeover offers from KKR and GK Investment Holding, but KKR this morning denied making an [...]
Investment firms circle for embattled NMC Health February 10, 2020 Shares in embattled hospital operator NMC Health rose 32.31 per cent today after the firm received a multiple approaches regarding a potential takeover from investment firms including KKR. The group, which runs hospitals in the Middle East, said that the offers were “highly preliminary” and that there could be “no certainty that any offer will [...]
NMC Health hires former FBI director to probe short attack allegations January 17, 2020 NMC Health has appointed former FBI director Louis Freeh to look into allegations of financial wrongdoing by the company made by US short-seller Muddy Waters. The hospital operator’s shares have plummeted 44 per cent since Muddy Waters published a report raising “serious doubts” about the company’s finances and asset valuations on 17 December. NMC Health [...]